Jon Gru­den stumps for Ohio Repub­li­cans at Trump ral­ly near Day­ton

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump cam­paigned in Van­dalia, Ohio, on Sat­ur­day night along­side for­mer NFL coach and TV per­son­al­i­ty Jon Gru­den to drum up sup­port for Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Jon Husted (R‑OH).
“I’m from Ohio,” Gru­den said. “My Mom and Dad are from Cleve­land, I was born in San­dusky, and I went to the Uni­ver­si­ty of Day­ton, and I’m damn proud of it, man,” Gru­den said at the begin­ning of the event. He told the crowd about Husted’s past as a “great” foot­ball play­er at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Day­ton, high­light­ing his “work eth­ic, com­mit­ment, and day-to-day men­tal tough­ness.” Trump also tied the ral­ly to foot­ball at the begin­ning of his speech, ref­er­enc­ing Ohio State’s Sat­ur­day after­noon vic­to­ry over Iowa. The ral­ly focused most­ly on man­u­fac­tur­ing and invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties the Trump admin­is­tra­tion has secured since Trump took office in Jan­u­ary 2025.

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